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    My first Series 2a x3 (NZ)

    Hey guys,
    My first post and first Land Rover project.
    I first saw this Land Rover listed on a Facebook marketplace post. They were in martinborough nz, close ish to me (1hr drive each way). I convinced the mrs to let me park them in the driveway and went over to have a look. At first the listing was for a running 1967 2a and a parts rolling body. (The blue hard top and The green safari roof) once I got there the guy showed me a third 2a which was running the original 2.25 petrol engine and a ute cab top. I couldn't just leave it there, rotting under a tree so I made and offer on all three. Ended up picking them up for $1600, which I thought was a bargain.

    I have a friend with a car trailer he uses for his rally car so we made three trips to get them home. I paid him in beer and bacon for each trip. He was stoked, and I saved several hundred dollars. Happy days

    This one is running a LD28 Nissan diesel and runs well. The grille has been moved forward to accomodate a large electric fan using a hideous piece of checker plate. Yuck. I plan to put his back to original spot and sacrifice the checker plate to the wheelie bin gods.

    The green 2a with the safari roof has no engine and is only good for parts. It is a military model, but the chassis is completely nackered.

    The black 2a has the 2.25 petrol engine which doesn't run at the moment but does turn over. Hopefully get it going and sell it off to fund my project.

    My first port of call is to source some good workshop manuals and parts catalogues. Can anyone make any recommendations on what to buy??



    More pics to come

    Cheers
    Simon

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    Hi Simon,

    Welcome aboard! You've certainly got the bug - went to buy one, and ended up with 3!!! Lol

    For the workshop manuals - click on "Shop" in the top of this web-page. On there you will find the "Rave" manuals on CD - you want the "Series" CD, which are the workshop & parts manuals for Series Land Rovers (I, II, III).

    That's certainly a good place to start..

    You can find printed manuals, although most of them are either worn & dog eared, or cherished and expensive!

    Good luck with your project(s)!

    Cheers,
    GG.
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    Quote Originally Posted by grey_ghost View Post
    Hi Simon,

    Welcome aboard! You've certainly got the bug - went to buy one, and ended up with 3!!! Lol

    For the workshop manuals - click on "Shop" in the top of this web-page. On there you will find the "Rave" manuals on CD - you want the "Series" CD, which are the workshop & parts manuals for Series Land Rovers (I, II, III).

    That's certainly a good place to start..

    You can find printed manuals, although most of them are either worn & dog eared, or cherished and expensive!

    Good luck with your project(s)!

    Cheers,
    GG.
    Great thanks for your quick response!

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    Welcome,,
    And welcome to the series world too
    The little blue looks good, not that I'm biased or anything

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    Welcome Simon
    3 series??, That's it, the bug has bitten, your an instant Land Rover tragic. Interesting but ugly conversion on the blue one.
    Keep the safari roof for the blue one. It must have a name though and pictures of the rebuild are compulsory.
    Look forward to watching the rebuild/s.
    Cheers Ian
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chops View Post
    Welcome,,
    And welcome to the series world too
    The little blue looks good, not that I'm biased or anything
    Thanks! Should be a goodie. I'll post more pics in due course

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    Quote Originally Posted by ezyrama View Post
    Welcome Simon
    3 series??, That's it, the bug has bitten, your an instant Land Rover tragic. Interesting but ugly conversion on the blue one.
    Keep the safari roof for the blue one. It must have a name though and pictures of the rebuild are compulsory.
    Look forward to watching the rebuild/s.
    Cheers Ian
    Yep... I know! The man who dies with the most toys wins, right?? The electric fan conversion is doing my head in. Very ugly. They also ran a 3" intake through the firewall - eg makeshift snorkel. Horrible. That's also gone now.

    I was thinking about he safari roof but not sure, as it is in quite bad nick (large dent in the rear and it never gets hot here in wellington! Lol I am however keeping the ute top as an optional configuration once it's back in the road
    Cheers for the comment

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    The little ute is cool, if they were mine, I would get that one going first :-)

    Cheer,
    John

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    Always wanted a 2a trayback myself. Not allowed anymore toys till I sell the kids for scientific experiments
    1964, S2a SWB "Ralph"
    1977, S3 SWB "Smeg" (Gone)
    1996 D1 300tdi auto (Gone)
    1973 Rangie Classic (Gone)
    2012, 110 (Series 12) Puma "The Tardis"
    1962 109" Tray Back "Ernie"
    1998 D1 300tdi (Dizzy)
    2017 Kawasaki Versys 1000

    You must now cut down the tallest tree in the forest... With... A HERRING!!!!!

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    Welcome Simon

    Looking forward to regular updates and photos of your projects :-)
    Cheers
    Travelrover

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